Calcitonin negative Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: a challenging diagnosis or a medical dilemma?

Calcitonin negative Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: a challenging diagnosis or a medical dilemma?

Abstract Background Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a neuroendocrine tumor belonging form a malignant growth of the thyroid parafollicular C-cells, representing from 1 to 10% of all thyroid cancer. The biochemical activity of medullary thyroid carcinoma includes the production of calcitonin and carci...

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Main Authors: Claudio Gambardella, Chiara Offi, Renato Patrone, Guglielmo Clarizia, Claudio Mauriello, Ernesto Tartaglia, Francesco Di Capua, Sergio Di Martino, Roberto Maria Romano, Lorenzo Fiore, Alessandra Conzo, Giovanni Conzo, Giovanni Docimo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
Subjects:
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Calcitonin negative
Calcitonin
Carcinoembryonic antigen
Chromogranin a
Procalcitonin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12902-019-0367-2

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